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12/11/2009 1 Forum on Non-Motorized Transportation (NMT) Atty. Antonio Oposa Jr. November 24, 2009 Mandarin Oriental Suites, Gateway Mall Rethinking Transportation-Purpose? Who is smarter: Ants or Humans? Ants 1. Traffic jam 2. Travel on single file 3. Do not take up more space and materials than necessary 4. Do not pollute the air that they breathe while traveling to and from their places of work (source of food) 5. When they bump into each other, they do not argue, fight and sometimes kill; no road rage 6. Instead, they bow at each other DISADVANTAGES OF CAR BASED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WASTE: SPACE, WASTE: SPACE, Square meters Square meters METALS, RUBBER, METALS, RUBBER, PLASTIC, PLASTIC, COST: CAR COST: CAR-FUEL FUEL-viz rice viz rice INSURANCE, INSURANCE, MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE ACCIDENTS: DEATHS, ACCIDENTS: DEATHS, INJURY, DAMAGE INJURY, DAMAGE AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION Our insistence at Our insistence at individual mobility has individual mobility has resulted in serious resulted in serious collective immobility collective immobility

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Forum on Non-Motorized Transportation (NMT)

Atty. Antonio Oposa Jr. November 24, 2009

Mandarin Oriental Suites, Gateway Mall

Rethinking Transportation-Purpose?Who is smarter: Ants or Humans?

Ants1. Traffic jam2. Travel on single file3. Do not take up more

space and materials than necessary

4. Do not pollute the air that they breathe while traveling to and from their places of work (source of food)

5. When they bump into each other, they do not argue, fight and sometimes kill; no road rage

6. Instead, they bow at each other

DISADVANTAGES OF CAR BASED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

•• WASTE: SPACE,WASTE: SPACE,•• Square meters Square meters •• METALS, RUBBER, METALS, RUBBER,

PLASTIC, PLASTIC, •• COST: CARCOST: CAR--FUELFUEL--viz riceviz rice•• INSURANCE, INSURANCE,

MAINTENANCEMAINTENANCE•• ACCIDENTS: DEATHS, ACCIDENTS: DEATHS,

INJURY, DAMAGEINJURY, DAMAGE•• AIR POLLUTIONAIR POLLUTION•• Our insistence at Our insistence at

individual mobility has individual mobility has resulted in serious resulted in serious collective immobilitycollective immobility

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STRESS, LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND TIME WITH FAMILY

- CONCRETE-LOSS OF PERCOLATIONUNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE

- DEPLETION OF MOUNTAINS

- LOSS OF SCARCE LAND (FOR URBAN FARMING)

SOCIOLOGY

• INERTIA OF COLLECTIVE INSANITY

• THINKING OUT OF THE BOX

• JUMP OUT-TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN-SHAKE IT

• PROGRESS IN HUMAN THOUGHT AND CIVILIZATION

Before the power of the combustion Before the power of the combustion engine engine ---- ___ ? Before __ Power? was ___ ? Before __ Power? was

____ power____ power

“Sometimes words have to be a little wild… because they are the assault of thoughts upon the unthinking.”

CAR-OUSEL?

PEDAL? Use excess manpower

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Human power

Discount

Sense of fun

Sense of community and human interaction

Sometimes words have to be a little wild…, Law? Rep Act 6957 (BOT Law), Rule 2, Sec. 2.2 (b) “ra i l-based projects , (c) non-rail based

faci lities (e.g., bike lanes, navigable waterways)

“Our insistence at individual mobility has

resulted in serious collective immobility”

Principle:Those who have less in Life must have more in

….

• Those of have less in wheels must have more in roads…. Is a city made for … cars or for people?

Prototype: School of the Seas

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• Pathwalk

No Motor Vehicle Zone

Filipino Design

Prototype of a CAROUSEL:

Example is the best teacher

Karusel: Indigenous Prototype

Prototype of Man-Powered Mini-Train

PINOY Karusel -- U Tube

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Puerto Princesa-April 1

Marikina 60 kms of bike lanes